Rosemary Shrager
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Rosemary Shrager (born 21 January 1951) is an English chef, best known for being an haute cuisine teacher on the reality television programme Ladette to Lady, and as a judge on Soapstar Superchef. She also made an appearance on the reality TV show 'I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Outta Here!'.
Other television projects have included Kitchen Showdown with Rosemary Shrager, where she weaned unhealthy fast-food families onto nutritious cuisine.
Shrager is an accomplished chef and has worked with fellow Soapstar Superchef judge Jean-Christophe Novelli.
Television appearances
In 2007 and 2008, she hosted her cookery series Rosemary Shrager's School for Cooks, where ten contestants competed for the opportunity to work in a Michelin star restaurant.
Shrager played the part of a strict, no-nonsense headmistress on the American reality show, The Girls of Hedsor Hall in 2009.
She and, the food historian and author Ivan Day, recreated dishes cooked for Queen Victoria on the 2011 BBC series Royal Upstairs Downstairs. She is now known for cooking daily on The Alan Titchmarsh Show from 2010–12 and on What's Cooking? during May 2013.
On 14 November 2012, it was confirmed that Rosemary had joined the cast of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! as a late entrant[1] and was voted out by the public on the 27 November 2012, finishing in 6th place out of 12 celebrities.
Guest appearances
On 20 December 2012, Rosemary took part in a live celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire?.
- On Christmas Day 2012, Shrager appeared on Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live.
- On 23 February 2013, she appeared on Let's Dance for Comic Relief with Kim Woodburn.
- On 26 May 2013, Rosemary appeared on a celebrity edition of the game show Catchphrase, a show which she claimed she'd never watched on television. Despite this, Shrager won £900 for her chosen charity on the show.
- In 2013, she appeared on a celebrity edition of Tipping Point, entitled Tipping Point: Lucky Stars
- On 25 September 2013, Shrager appeared on Big Star's Little Star, a family television show where celebrities and their children/grandchildren reveal embarrassing facts about them. Rosemary and her grandson, Freddie, and scored 6 but it wasn't enough to make it to the final but she still received £1,000 for the charity Riverside, helping vulnerable veterans.
- On 28 December 2013, Shrager appeared on The Chase: Celebrity Special for charity.
Publications
- Castle Cook (2001)
- School for Cooks (2008)
- Yorkshire Breakfast (2011)
- Absolutely Foolproof Classic Home Cooking (2011)
- Absolutely Foolproof Food for Family & Friends (2012)
Personal life
Shrager was born 21 January 1951 in London England. She has a daughter called Kate (born 1972) and son Tom.[citation needed]
While in the jungle she set a record for the most weight lost, over 2 stone, averaging more than 2 pounds of weight loss a day.[citation needed]
References
Bibliography
- Shrager, Rosemary; Gaisford, Sue, Rosemary: Castle Cook, Everyman's Library, 19 January 2001, ISBN 978-1-84159-049-3
- Shrager, Rosemary, School for Cooks, Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1 August 2008, ISBN 978-1-4053-3513-3
- Shrager, Rosemary, 'Absolutely Foolproof', Octopus Publishing Group Ltd, 2 May 2011, ISBN 978-0-600-62207-9
External links
- Official website
- Clarke, Alice, TV Guide: Ladies made, The Sunday Times, May 14, 2008
- Larging it with chef Rosemary, The Press, 6 May 2008
- Chef's Kitchen: Rosemary Shrager
- A passion for food is Rosemary's recipe for success, Yorkshire Post, 20 August 2008
- Rosemary Shrager's School for Cooks at itv.com
- Rosemary Shrager at the Internet Movie Database
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